Chris Adami
Christoph Adami | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 30, 1962 (age 62) Brussels, Belgium |
| Nationality | Germany |
| Alma mater | University of Bonn Stony Brook University |
| Known for | Negative quantum entropy Digital evolution Avida |
| Awards | Fairchild Prize Fellowship (1992) Caltech President's Fund Award (1996) NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal (2002) Fellow of the AAAS (2012) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Evolutionary Biology and Physics |
| Institutions | Stony Brook University California Institute of Technology Michigan State University |
| Academic advisors | Gerald E. Brown |
| Doctoral students | Charles Ofria |
Christoph Carl Herbert "Chris" Adami (born August 30, 1962) is a professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, as well as professor of Physics and Astronomy, at Michigan State University. Adami was born in Brussels, Belgium, and graduated from the European School of Brussels I. He obtained a Diplom in Physics from the University of Bonn and an MA and a Ph.D. in Theoretical Nuclear Physics from Stony Brook University in 1991.[1] He is best known for his work on Avida, an artificial life simulator used to study evolutionary biology ,[2] and for applying the theory of information to physical and biological systems. He is also an adviser to the Microbes Mind Forum.
Honors
He received the NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal while serving at JPL, and was elected a Fellow of the AAAS in 2012.[3]
Works
- Adami, C.; Belew, R.; Kitano, H.; Taylor, C. (1998). Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Artificial Life. MIT Press.
- Adami, C. (1998). Introduction to Artificial Life. Springer Verlag.
- Lenski, R. E.; Ofria, C.; Pennock, R. T.; Adami, C. (2003). "The evolutionary origin of complex features" (PDF). Nature. 423: 139–144. Bibcode:2003Natur.423..139L. doi:10.1038/nature01568. PMID 12736677.
References
- ^ "Chris Adami bio". anderson.ucla.edu. 2008.
- ^ Adami, C. (2006). "Digital Genetics: unravelling the genetic basis of evolution". Nature Reviews Genetics. 7 (2): 109–118. doi:10.1038/nrg1771.
- ^ "MSU earns record number of AAAS Fellows". news.msu.edu. December 14, 2011.